BlockBatesville, Missouri
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Ash Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63932. The Survey maps it on the Broseley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1940 USGS Valley Ridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Valley Ridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Broseley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Batesville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 28 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 251234-01201-08212020-1720 |
| 4 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177985-01201-07042018-1128 |
| 25 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177992-01201-07252018-1534 |
| 2 July 1996 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 251226-01201-06182020-1429 |
| 8 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 251213-01201-04082020-1217 |
| 4 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 251212-01201-04042020-1440 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Batesville in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Batesville | $25,000 | Straight-line wind damage occurred just east of the path of a weak tornado. A small trailer was overturned, roofing was blown off a shed, and shingles were blown off a home. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Batesville | $20,000 | Straight-line wind damage brought down large tree branches, tore off some roofing on a barn, and damaged the roof of a home. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Batesville | $18,000 | A few miles north of Broseley, a house on County Road 629 sustained minor to moderate damage. Several sections of siding were blown off. A portion of metal roofing blew off. About a mile east of Poplar Bluff airport, a couple of power poles were downed or leaning on Missouri Highway B. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Batesville | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayberry | 0.8 miles | 12 | |
| Broseley | 1.7 miles | 9 | |
| Rossville | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Hanleyville | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Menorkanut | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Nyssa | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Hicoria Spur | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Quercus | 4.7 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 713732. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.